alt Hacker NewsHow do you expect the spend & COGS for free LLM inference to be funded? For users who don't want to pay, or maybe can't pay?
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infinite_spin • today at 12:46 AM
From things like defense/private contracts
e.g. colleges pay for institutional subscriptions
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Perhaps it’s a glib and easy thing to say, but after a teaser period, I would simply not offer free LLM inference. Agreeing to serve ads just completely re-aligns your interests away from providing the best possible user experience to something else entirely.